Wim Bert

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
168 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Wim Bert is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Bert has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Plant Science, 71 papers in Ecology and 27 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Wim Bert's work include Nematode management and characterization studies (121 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (63 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (20 papers). Wim Bert is often cited by papers focused on Nematode management and characterization studies (121 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (63 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (20 papers). Wim Bert collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Russia. Wim Bert's co-authors include Hanne Steel, Gaëtan Borgonie, Gerrit Karssen, Marjolein Couvreur, Frank Pasmans, Toon Janssen, An Martel, Paul De Ley, Franky Bossuyt and Xue Qing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wim Bert

156 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wim Bert Belgium	28	1.8k	1.2k	585	560	427	168	3.3k
Jana Trifinopoulos Austria	5	778 0.4×	896 0.8×	324 0.6×	379 0.7×	1.3k 3.0×	8	3.7k
Sven Klimpel Germany	36	544 0.3×	1.8k 1.5×	679 1.2×	605 1.1×	261 0.6×	149	3.9k
Javier Diéguez‐Uribeondo Spain	36	768 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	512 0.9×	171 0.3×	434 1.0×	98	3.3k
Minh Anh Nguyen United States	9	599 0.3×	853 0.7×	383 0.7×	342 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	19	3.3k
Ingo Michalak Germany	10	1.2k 0.6×	751 0.6×	403 0.7×	241 0.4×	1.3k 3.0×	12	3.6k
Örjan Östman Sweden	26	463 0.3×	1.6k 1.4×	513 0.9×	622 1.1×	342 0.8×	76	3.5k
S. Aljanabi Brazil	16	1.2k 0.7×	728 0.6×	276 0.5×	319 0.6×	1.0k 2.5×	23	3.4k
A. von Haeseler Germany	6	638 0.4×	943 0.8×	390 0.7×	355 0.6×	1.4k 3.2×	7	3.5k
Javier F. Tabima United States	19	1.8k 1.0×	596 0.5×	151 0.3×	320 0.6×	795 1.9×	50	3.2k
Ilana Zilber‐Rosenberg Israel	17	857 0.5×	2.0k 1.7×	356 0.6×	992 1.8×	1.4k 3.3×	21	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Bert

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Couvreur, Marjolein, et al.. (2025). First Report of Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne luci, Parasitizing Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Ethiopia. Plant Disease.

Couvreur, Marjolein, et al.. (2025). Description of African Scutellonema brachyurus Type B populations as Scutellonema afribrachyurus n. sp. (Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae) based on integrative taxonomy. Nematology. 27(9). 1055–1080.

Liu, Shuhan, et al.. (2024). Exploring the use of metabarcoding to reveal eukaryotic associations with mononchids nematodes. Journal of Nematology. 56(1). 20240016–20240016. 2 indexed citations

Couvreur, Marjolein, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of Paratylenchus cacao n. sp. from Ghana, and P. enigmaticus (Nematoda: Paratylenchinae) from Belgium. Nematology. 1–18. 1 indexed citations

Couvreur, Marjolein, et al.. (2023). Molecular and morphological characterisation of some arabica coffee-associated parasitic nematodes in Gera and Gomma districts of southwest Ethiopia. Nematology. 25(3). 335–357. 3 indexed citations

Hajihassani, Abolfazl, et al.. (2023). A new plant-parasitic nematode species associated with coffee, Rotylenchus bunae n. sp. (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) from Jimma, Ethiopia. Nematology. 25(7). 791–800. 2 indexed citations

Trinh, Quang Phap, et al.. (2023). Diversity of plant‐parasitic nematodes (PPNs) associated with medicinal plants in Vietnam, Vietnamese PPN checklist and a pictorial key for their identification. Plant Pathology. 73(1). 12–30. 8 indexed citations

Knoetze, Rinus, et al.. (2023). Characterization and pathogenicity of Pratylenchus vandenbergae stat. nov. (Tylenchina: Pratylenchidae), a highly pathogenic root‐lesion nematode parasitizing crops in Kenya and South Africa. Plant Pathology. 73(3). 706–723. 3 indexed citations

Amah, Delphine, Marjolein Couvreur, Rudy Swennen, et al.. (2022). First Report of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii Parasitizing Plantain (Musa spp. AAB) in Nigeria. Plant Disease. 107(3). 970–970. 1 indexed citations

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Claeys, Myriam, Vladimir V. Yushin, & Wim Bert. (2021). Dry Ice Self-Pressurised Rapid Freezing (DryIce SPRF): all you need to cool for cryofixation of nematodes is dry ice. Nematology. 23(10). 1179–1195. 1 indexed citations

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Trinh, Quang Phap, et al.. (2021). Description of Hemicycliophora cardamomi sp. n. (Nematoda: Hemicycliophoridae) associated with Amomum longiligulare T.L. Wu and a web-based key for the identification of Hemicycliophora spp.. Journal of Helminthology. 95. e2–e2. 11 indexed citations

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Karssen, Gerrit, et al.. (2021). Integrative Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of the Plant-Parasitic Nematode Genus Paratylenchus (Nematoda: Paratylenchinae): Linking Species with Molecular Barcodes. Plants. 10(2). 408–408. 23 indexed citations

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Palomares‐Rius, Juan E., Carlos Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Manuel Mota, et al.. (2021). ‘Candidatus Xiphinematincola pachtaicus' gen. nov., sp. nov., an endosymbiotic bacterium associated with nematode species of the genus Xiphinema (Nematoda, Longidoridae). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 71(7). 9 indexed citations

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Esquibet, Magali, Josselin Montarry, Marjolein Couvreur, et al.. (2020). Distribution, DNA barcoding and genetic diversity of potato cyst nematodes in Indonesia. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 158(2). 363–380. 13 indexed citations

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Korie, Sam, et al.. (2020). DISTRIBUTION, PREVALENCE, AND SEVERITY OF DAMAGES CAUSED BY NEMATODES ON YAM (DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA) IN NIGERIA. Nematropica. 50(1). 1–18. 3 indexed citations

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Couvreur, Marjolein, et al.. (2019). First Report of Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Rwanda. Plant Disease. 104(1). 293–293. 11 indexed citations

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Vandecasteele, Bart, Koen Willekens, Hanne Steel, et al.. (2016). Feedstock Mixture Composition as Key Factor for C/P Ratio and Phosphorus Availability in Composts: Role of Biodegradation Potential, Biochar Amendment and Calcium Content. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 8(8). 2553–2567. 37 indexed citations

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Helder, Johannes, P.J.W. Mooijman, Sven van den Elsen, et al.. (2014). Biological and systematic implications of phylogenetic analyses of ~2,800 full length small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).

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Decraemer, Wilfrida, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and characterization of plant-parasitic nematodes in lowland and upland rice agro-ecosystems in Luzon, Philippines. Nematropica. 44(2). 166–180. 12 indexed citations

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Houthoofd, Wouter, Wim Bert, Bartel Vanholme, et al.. (2009). Assessment of the configuration of the posterior cells of the nematode embryo as potential phylogenetic marker. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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